A/N: I hope anyone who's reading my fanfic enjoys the first real chapter. I'm trying not to mess it up too much. Shout out to Sissymac, who was my first reviewer EVER! Thanks for the review! It meant a great deal to me (that was me unsuccessfully trying to emulate McGonagall after Dumbledore's death when she told Harry that he meant a great deal to him. Sorry, guys, I'm a Potterhead…) and I really hope this chapter is as good as you think it can be. I only own the plot and Genevieve. Well, that's debatable because my own character is the identical twin of an existing character and the basic underlying TVD plot is followed. So basically Plec owns everything. Sorry for the long author's note to anybody actually reading my story. Without further ado, here is chapter 1.
Where the hell is everyone? I had been walking around the school for 10 minutes now, and I hadn't seen anyone yet. On senior prank night you can find a kid in any and every room you enter. I figured I should go check the gym. God, I hated that place. Physical education was not for me.
When I opened the door to the gym, my sister was frantically yelling at me to run. Naturally I thought she was being her drama queen self and that Matt ruined a prank. Matt was always doing stupid stuff. He's just lucky he's adorable. When I actually entered the gym, what I saw made me stop in my tracks.
"Nik? What are you…" I trailed off as I saw Elena on the ground with blood coming from her mouth.
"Genevieve, love. Just in time. I'd hoped you'd be arriving soon. I'm surprised it took you so long. I only left an hour or two after you. Not that it matters. You're here now. And I brought you a present, love."
"Nik? Gen, that's Klaus! Get out of here!" Elena yelled.
I couldn't believe it. I knew I didn't have the best track record with guys, but I didn't think I'd ever date a guy who killed my sister. When I looked over at Nik—no, Klaus—he was looking at me, gauging my reaction. I guess he could tell that I felt betrayed and hurt, because he took three steps towards me. I backed up and started to feel one of my eyes tear up.
"You're Klaus? No, you can't be. You're Nik, and you could never do that to me. You love me."
At that point, I couldn't even bring myself to care that my voice was cracking and I sounded like a little girl. I'd been with him for over a year. I knew him, trusted him, told him things I wouldn't have told many others. I loved Nik, but it was all a joke to Klaus.
"I'm afraid so, love. But the—" I cut him off.
"If you had my sister, what the hell did you need me for? Did you want to see if you could trick me into being with you and see how long it would take until I figured out who you were?"
"Genevieve, we can talk about this later," he said impatiently. "Right now, I want to give you your gift. Stefan?" He beckoned over Stefan and looked back at me expectantly.
"I'm sorry, my present is Stefan? Thanks but no thanks." I scowled over at him.
"Don't be ridiculous, love. Stefan is just going to go retrieve it." Ugh! Stop calling me love in your attractive British accent.
Stefan walked over to the other side of the gym and brought back…Dana?
"She is your present, love." He smirked at me.
"Stop calling me love! And how the hell is she a present?" By this point, Elena had gotten back up and stood beside me. Klaus just laughed, dragged Dana roughly by her elbow, and came closer to me.
"She slept with your boyfriend, love. She practically chased you out of town! You get to decide her fate. Does she live, does she die, it's all up to you."
My eyes grew wide and I looked at him as though he just escaped from a mental institution. "Are you insane? I'm not going to kill someone."
"But you don't even have to get your hands dirty! You just have to tell Stefan to do it. Kills two birds with one stone, really. I want Stefan to be the Ripper he is, and you want to get revenge. I'm going to have him kill her anyway. The gift I'm giving you is the decision on how she dies. Quick and painless, or slow and excruciating?"
I took a lot longer to decide than I should have. I know because that was when Elena decided to speak up.
"What are you waiting for, Gen? You aren't actually considering making her suffer, are you? That's not who you are. No matter what she did to you, you can't do that to her." She was practically pleading at the end. She was genuinely scared that I was going to let Dana die a bloody death. So was I.
Klaus walked towards me and then slowly circled around to stop behind my back. He sent shivers down my spine as he whispered in my ear.
"Come on, love. You know you want her to suffer. She embarrassed you, disrespected you, stole your boyfriend, took you away from your friends and family. Tell Stefan to make it bloody. Tell him to be ruthless. It's what you want. She deserves this." That damn British accent. So persuasive. What I said next wasn't my fault. I swear.
"Rip her heart out, drain her, do whatever you want, Stefan. She's all yours."
It scared me that I told Stefan to do that. And I was so calm about it, too. I knew that was what Nik wanted. Although he lied to me and he never cared about me the way I cared for him, I wanted to please him. I wanted Nik to be happy with me. What the hell was wrong with me?
"You heard her. Now kill them, Ripper." With Stefan having fun committing murder and Elena staring down at the floor trying to get away from me, Nik pulled me out the door, through the hall and into a dark empty classroom.
"Now love, I know what you're thinking. We can talk about this later. I still have business to tend to here first. I just wanted to greet you properly." What does he mean gree—
Huh. He meant he just wanted to assault my mouth with his mouth. He wound one hand into my hair and the other around my waist to pull me closer as he kissed me. It was frenzied and desperate, as though he knew after this I wouldn't kiss him again. As much as I wanted to pull away and be disgusted, I still had strong feelings for him. If it was our last kiss, I was going to make it epic (oh, how I missed Lexi).
I slipped my hands into his hair and pulled it roughly. He used his vamp speed to smash my back into the wall. I wrapped my legs around his waist as he started kissing down my neck. God, I can't believe that in 24 hours I forgot how much of an amazing kisser he was. I couldn't for the life of me control my panting. He followed his course back up my neck to my lips. This time he threw his tongue in the mix. We continued making out for a good ten minutes before he broke away so I could catch my breath.
Come on, Gen. Stop this before it goes any further. He lied to you. He killed your sister. He tormented your friends. Genevieve. Genevieve Aria Gilbert. You stop this right now! But the day before couldn't be the last time we slept together. It wasn't enough.
"Library…Second floor…Incredible couches," I managed to pant out.
Nik wasted no time. We got there in seconds. A few seconds after that, all of our clothes were on the floor.
Once we were done, he held me tightly, my back to his chest. As amazing as it was, I was convinced it would never be enough. But it had to be, for my sister.
"I'm guessing this means you don't care what I have to say," he said somberly as he stroked my arm. "It's over."
"Yeah, it is." I sounded just as upset as he did. It didn't matter how I felt about him. I couldn't be with him after everything that happened.
We got dressed and returned to the gym, silent the entire time. Only a minute after we got back, an angry looking blonde entered.
"Where is it?! Where's my necklace?" She yelled.
Nik looked annoyed. "Rebekah, my darling sister, whatever are you talking about?" He replied.
"She has my necklace! Look!" Rebekah showed him Caroline's cell phone.
"Well well." Nik looked to Stefan. "More lies. Where is it?" He asked Elena.
Elena looked up at him warily. "I don't have it anymore." Oh yeah. That gorgeous little bitch Katherine stole it.
Rebekah continued to glare at my sister, furious. "You're lying!" She shrieked.
"Knock it off!" Nik interjected. No! Bad Gen! I really have to get into the habit of calling him Klaus. I don't want anyone asking questions.
"Make her tell me where it is, Nik!" Rebekah whined.
Klaus groaned. "Where's the necklace, sweetheart? Be honest."
"I'm telling the truth. Katherine stole it."
"Katerina. Of course. Well, that's unfortunate. If we had the necklace it would make things a whole lot easier for your witch, but since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it, shall we? Twenty minutes. If Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then, I want you to feed again. Only this time, I want you to feed on Elena. You know you want to."
"Klaus! Don't do this to him!" my sister begged.
Klaus was completely unaffected. "No one leaves. If Elena tries to run, fracture her spine. Genevieve is free to leave, if she wishes." With one last look at me, he left the gym with his sister. With them gone I could ask my questions.
"What does Bonnie need a solution for? I don't know if you remember, but I was a little tardy to the party. What's going on?" I expected Elena to have an answer for me, but she couldn't meet my eyes. It was Stefan who responded.
"Klaus is a hybrid. Vampire and werewolf. He wants to make more just like him. He tried it before, but it didn't work out how he planned. He needed a werewolf, and he found Tyler. I'm sorry. He's in transition as we speak."
"Okay. But he'll be fine, right? I mean vampires turn people all of the time and they…" I trailed off as I thought about Ty being a werewolf. It would obviously cause some sort of complication. "They all died, didn't they? The other hybrids. Tyler's going to die."
"We don't know that, Gen. Don't lose hope. Bonnie can fix this. She can save him, I know she can," Stefan said optimistically.
I didn't quite believe him. It remained quiet after that. Finally, Elena started telling Stefan about how Care's dad resisted compulsion. Stefan wasn't having any of that. I tuned out their conversation and looked at the clock. A little less than fifteen seconds left.
"Elena," Stefan began. "You're going to have run."
"But Klaus said that if I run..." Elena stopped there, not able to talk about her death.
Stefan looked at Elena, a pained expression on his face. "I know what he said, but if you stay, it won't matter. Elena, please. Please. There's no other way." He turned towards me. "Gen, get her out of here." I nodded and made my way over to Elena.
"There is another way, Stefan. It's for you to fight!" Right after she said this, the buzzer went off. "Stefan... I love you. Fight, Stefan. Don't give up."
"I can't hold it!" Stefan vamped out and ran at Elena, but held himself to the wall. "Elena, run! Go!"
I grabbed Elena's hand and together we ran through the school. Elena pushed open a hallway door and fell into Klaus.
"We've got to stop meeting like this." Klaus smirked as he dragged us into the cafeteria. Stefan was already there and stabbing himself with a stake.
"Now this is fascinating. I've never seen this before. The only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this one girl. Why don't you turn it off?"
"No!" Stefan shouted.
Klaus looked at Stefan incredulously. "Come on. Your humanity is killing you. All the guilt must be exhausting. Turn it off," Klaus commanded.
"No!" Stefan roared.
"You're strong." Klaus looked impressed. "But you're not that strong. Turn...it...off."
"No!" Stefan refused and pushed Klaus away from him.
Klaus pushed Stefan against the wall and compelled him. "Turn it off!"
Stefan's entire demeanor changed. It was a completely different Stefan. I looked over at my sister and saw her crying.
"What did you do?" She wept.
"I fixed him. But I think a test is in order, don't you?" With that, Klaus went behind Elena and looked over at Stefan.
"Ripper... Perhaps you'd like a drink. From the doppelganger's neck."
Stefan rushed over to Elena and started drinking her blood. I ran up to Klaus and tried to hit him, but of course he knew that was coming, so he stopped my hand in its track. He said something so low only Stefan could hear and then used his vamp speed to take me back home, out on the porch. I looked at Klaus with as much hatred as I could muster up.
"I can't believe you! How could you do this? She's my sister!" I shouted at him.
"Relax, love. I told Stefan to stop. I can't kill her. I need the blood of the doppelganger to make my hybrids. She was never in any real danger."
"Not until after you figured out that you needed her alive! Where is she?" He remained silent. "Klaus, you had better tell me right now."
"Not unless you call me Nik," he said cheekily.
"What are you playing at?" I asked him.
"Nothing, love. I just want things to go back to the way they were before you came back to Mystic Falls."
"Why does it matter? You never actually cared for me. You just needed a Petrova doppelganger on reserve. What I don't get is that you had me first. If you already had a doppelganger, why did you go through all of that trouble to get to Elena? You could have just sacrificed me instead. It would have been so much easier. I didn't know who you were or what you wanted. I wouldn't have seen it coming."
"Because, love. Contrary to what you believe, I actually do care about you. I couldn't have killed you even if I had wanted to. You got to me. I want you to call me Nik, because then I can pretend that you still love me." He looked like he was being genuine.
"And why do you need Elena for your hybrids? My blood would work perfectly fine. Just leave my sister alone," I told him, poking his chest.
"You know why I can't use your blood, sweetheart. I—" I cut him off.
"Did you ever love me? You claim to care, but did you ever actually love me? Even if you were capable of it, it was obviously nowhere near what I felt for you. You were supposed to be the one good thing amongst all the shit in my life. The things I trusted you with…" I trailed off. "How could you do this to me?"
"I'm sorry if I hurt you. That wasn't my intent. Your sister is at Mystic Falls General, giving a donation. I'll see you around, sweetheart."
"You don't have anything else to say to me, after everything I just said? After everything you did? God, how screwed up are you that you can't even say sorry?" I yelled.
He gave me one last look, and just like that he was gone. I made my way over to the Salvatore boarding house as I called Damon. It went straight to voicemail and no one was home, so I assumed he was out rescuing Elena.
A half hour later, the pair walked in the door. Damon walked over to his alcohol collection and poured three glasses of bourbon. He handed one to me, one to Elena, and kept the third for himself.
"Hey, have some bourbon. It'll help you forget," he told Elena.
She drank a few sips of it and pulled a disgusted face. I, on the other hand, downed the whole glass in one go.
"Yeah, it's strong. You know I can help you forget, too. At least the memories you don't want to keep," he hinted to Elena.
"No. No compulsion. I need to remember. All of it," she said stubbornly.
"I stole it back for you," Damon said as he pulled out her necklace.
Elena didn't seem too happy. Instead, she looked downright depressed. "He's really gone this time. I watched it happen. After everything that we went through to get him back, to help him. Now he's just... gone. Where were you, Damon?"
That seemed like a private moment, so I went to pour myself another glass.
"I shouldn't have left," he told her. "I promise you, I will never leave you again."
Yup. Definitely too private. Speak of the devil. Stefan walked into the room with a smirk on his face.
"Well, isn't this cozy?" We all looked over to see the source of the voice.
"What are you doing here, brother?" Damon asked angrily.
"Last I checked, I lived here. Klaus is gone, but he's asked me to keep watch on you until he returns. Especially little Genevieve, here. From now on, you're under my protection." He turned his gaze to Elena. "By all means, carry on." With that he left the room.
The three of us looked at each other, all thinking the same thing – we were in deep shit.